Special to The News

HOUSTON — The Coast Guard has suspended the search for a person last seen in the water near Seawolf Park in Galveston on Thursday.

Search crews covered more than 259 square miles for about 23 hours.

Sector Houston-Galveston watchstanders received a report Wednesday evening of a person in the water from the ferry John W. Johnson. The walk-on passenger was reported to be a Hispanic male in his early 30s wearing a cream jacket, green shirt and blue jeans.

Involved in the search were:

• An Air Station Houston MH-65 Dolphin helicopter
• A Station Galveston 45-foot Response Boat–Medium and a 29-foot Response Boat–Small
• Galveston Police Department
• Two motorized lifeboats from the John W. Johnson